The Independent — After the Olympic opening ceremony superbly managed to showcase the wide and eclectic history of British music, featuring everything from "Chariots of Fire" to Dizzee Rascal, the standard for any future music-related goings on during London 2012 was... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper Giggs's acquittal on gun charges raises questions of how young people and society deal with gang cultureIt was a dark, freezing February night this year when police officers stopped a black Ford Focus on the Forest Hill Road, near Peckham, sou... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Following two No.1 hits (‘Louder’ and ‘Hot Right Now’) and a Top 10 single with Dizzee Rascal (‘The Power’) DJ Fresh is back with his new single ‘The Feeling’ featuring the vocal talents of RaVaughn. This is the official video, shot i... more info

Perez Hilton — Electralicious!!! The duo who defined the end of 2011 with mega-smash We Found Love will reunite once more!! But Rihanna isn't the ONLY superstar appearing on beat-tinkering master Calvin Harris' forthcoming third album 18 Months! The Scottish DJ an... more info

Prefix — Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) is currently cutting together a feature-length version of his 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. more info

Guardian Music — Danny Boyle is to turn his Olympics opening ceremony spectacle into a feature-length DVD, while film-makers of tomorrow have an opportunity to shineOlympic movieDanny Boyle is cutting a feature-length version of his magnificent Olympics opening cerem... more info

ContactMusic — British rapper Dizzee Rascal banished his nerves onstage at the opening ceremony of Londons Olympic Games by pretending he was performing only for the dancers in the stadium instead of the millions of viewers tuning in around the world The hip-h... more info

ContactMusic — Dizzee Rascal didnt allow himself to think how many people were watching him at the Olympics opening ceremony The rapper performed his song Bonkers at the starting event for the London 2012 games but concentrated on the people in front of him ra... more info

Guardian Music — As Radio 1Xtra celebrates 10 years on the air, MistaJam selects the records that defined the station's first decadeI Luv U Dizzee Rascal 2003When I first heard this I was like: "Oh my God, what is that?!" Dizzee was just so out there, so raw and s... more info

Guardian Music — (Decca)Since Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron raised its flaming spindles to the sky on 27 July, sales of songs used in Danny Boyle's opening ceremony have shot up by 185%. This compilation, made available immediately after the event, rocketed t... more info